I Have This Dream While Waking

By: Anne Kay Murphy

I have this dream.

I have this dream while waking

While we talk on the phone, one

Of us weeping. I have this dream:

My fingers are in the brain of the world,

And in my dream, I wrap your fate

In gossamer strands like steel and

Keep you suspended, safe, in my sight,

My fingers, pinched tight with a tensile strength

Unbelievable. I keep you somewhere safe,

Suspended, tightly wound, in my sight.

So I can suck you dry.

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Anne Kay Murphy lives in Washington D.C., where she writes content for a living and also sometimes writes for herself. She has a degree in English Literature from the Catholic University of America.